13/11/2023 - Fien Troch bags the Golden Atlas, Hesitation Wound by Selman Nacar scoops the Silver Atlas and Without Air by Katalin Moldovai wins the Audience Award

Director Fien Troch, awarded the Golden Atlas for Holly, surrounded by the jury

Presided over by filmmaker Dominik Moll (shored up by Lucie Debay, Laurent Capelluto, Solène Rigot and Laurent Poitrenaux), the competition jury of the 24th Arras Film Festival has awarded its Golden Atlas – Grand Jury Prize (consisting of 12,000 euros for the film’s French distributor) to Holly [+see also:
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interview: Fien Troch
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Unveiled in competition within the Venice Film Festival and sold by mk2 International, Holly revolves around a teenage girl who’s experiencing some strange premonitions. The movie is set to be distributed in Belgium on 22 November and in France on 21 February 2024.

The Silver Atlas, for its part, was won by Turkey’s Selman Nacar, thanks to Hesitation Wound [+see also:
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interview: Selman Nacar
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The Audience Award, meanwhile (consisting of 5,000 euros for the film’s French distributor), went to Without Air [+see also:
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interview: Katalin Moldovai
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interview: Marija Kavtaradze
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The full list of winners is as follows:

Golden Atlas - Grand Jury Prize
Holly [+see also:
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interview: Fien Troch
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Silver Atlas
Hesitation Wound [+see also:
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interview: Selman Nacar
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Audience Award
Without Air [+see also:
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interview: Katalin Moldovai
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SFCC Critics’ Award
Libertate [+see also:
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interview: Tudor Giurgiu & Cecilia Ste…
film profile] - Tudor Giurgiu (Romania/Hungary)

‘Young Outlook’ Award - Hauts-de-France Region
Slow [+see also:
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interview: Marija Kavtaradze
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(Translated from French)